TECH TALK
service providers, as well as IP- based data communications, provide bi-directional data transfers from an aircraft to an airline operations control center, which may provide some of the resulting data back to OEMs (once it is processed by a
maintenance department). In-flight entertainment (IFE) and in-flight connectivity (IFC) content is handled by service providers, each of which works with satellite operators. Airlines, operators and pilots own or lease most aircraft and are responsible
for keeping them airworthy. Aircraft maintenance organizations need to maintain records and work with OEMs, customers and regulators (which may include status data generated by in-flight aircraft). Travel and passenger data at airports and travel-related locations adds in even more complexity.
All of this combined makes for an
incredibly complex data environment. All of this information needs to be secured, or least protected enough so that it can be trusted. While aircraft maintenance departments might not be directly impacted by the other use cases mentioned previously, they need to support the equipment that supports them. Basically, aviation maintenance departments will need to add more software and communications-savvy personnel. Another impediment to aviation in seeing more benefits from implementing IoT is the lack of defined data formats and rules in exchanging data. As an industry, we have a myriad of best practices, standards and guidelines, but most of these were written long before we had the advent of smart devices and flying networks. There will need to be some dramatic changes to how all entities share data globally, and how we assign ownership of such data as it moves across organizations. The ATA Spec 2000 and 2300 standards will need to be greatly expanded, as well as underlying technical standards from ARINC/SAE. The obvious takeaway is that
communications and satellite services providers will be handling very large amounts of data, and their revenue streams will grow dramatically. Data storage providers on the ground will also benefit from providing secure means of archiving such data as well.
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